Editing Tiny Tim (musician) (section)

===Martin Sharp collaborations===
[[Image:Luna_Park_Sydney_circa_1982.jpg|thumb|right|Luna Park Sydney in the 1980s, the setting for Tiny Tim's record-setting singing marathon]]
In January 1979, Australian artist [[Martin Sharp]] brought Tiny Tim to [[Luna Park Sydney|Luna Park in Sydney, Australia]] to set the world record for the longest non-stop professional singing marathon. This was the culmination of a longstanding collaboration between Tiny Tim and Sharp, who had been openly obsessed with him for years, bringing him to Australia several times, producing his recordings and painting his portrait over and over in different styles. The marathon performance was filmed by Sharp's camera crew and ran for over two hours and seventeen minutes, successfully setting a world record.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tarling |first1=Lowell |title=Sharper 1980-2013: A Biography of Martin Sharp |date=2020 |publisher=ETT IMPRINT}}</ref>

When the [[1979 Sydney Ghost Train fire|1979 Ghost Train fire]] occurred at Luna Park five months later, Sharp became convinced that the fire was in some way theologically linked to Tiny Tim's performance and also set out to prove it was deliberately lit as an [[arson]] attempt. All of this became the basis for the film ''[[Street of Dreams (Martin Sharp film)|Street of Dreams]]'', which serves as both a biography of Tiny Tim and an exploration of Luna Park and the fire. Sharp never finished editing ''Street of Dreams'' in his lifetime and the film remains incomplete, though a rough cut was released for film festival screenings in 1988 and that version continues to circulate online.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Portus |first1=Martin |title=Tiny Tim's Big Comeback |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald-tiny-timmarti/138565943/ |access-date=12 January 2024 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=21 May 1988}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Street of Dreams |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/512060/the-street-of-dreams/ |website=TCM |access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Falconer |first1=Delia |title=Sydney, updated paperback edition |date=2020 |publisher=Simon & Schuster}}</ref>

Sharp went on to produce many of Tiny Tim's later records including ''Rock'', ''Chameleon'' and ''Keeping My Troubles to Myself'', and also brought Tiny Tim to perform in Australia several more times throughout the 1980s and 1990s. His all-consuming fixation on Tiny Tim, Luna Park and the fire continued until his death in 2013.

In 2014, standalone footage of the complete marathon performance was released on streaming services as ''The Non-Stop Luna Park Marathon'' by Planet Blue Pictures.<ref>{{cite web |title=Press release, 2014 |url=https://www.bluepierecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/PBP-Tiny-Tim-PR-300514-RC.pdf |website=Planet Blue Pictures |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref> As of 2023, it can be viewed for free on Vimeo.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Non-Stop Luna Park Marathon |url=https://vimeo.com/761655403 |website=Vimeo |date=October 18, 2022 |publisher=Planet Blue Pictures |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref>

A large mural of Tiny Tim with tulip themes painted by Sharp hangs in the [[Macquarie University Campus Experience|Macquarie University Student Council]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Exhibition highlights 50 years of artistic engagement|url=https://www.mq.edu.au/newsroom/2014/10/02/exhibition-highlights-50-years-of-artistic-engagement/|access-date=2020-07-21|language=en}}</ref>